Hakuho Castle, Ueno, Iga (Iga Ueno Hakuhojo)

Hakuho Castle at Ueno in Iga Province, published in 1951, depicts the reconstructed white castle keep at Ueno in present-day Mie Prefecture — a castle whose original three-story tower, destroyed in a storm in 1612 before completion, was finally rebuilt in concrete in 1935 using the original planned dimensions. The castle, nicknamed Hakuho-jo (White Phoenix Castle) for the white plaster walls of the intended but long-delayed keep, is notable for the tallest stone defensive walls (ingui) of any surviving Japanese castle — a sheer 30-meter drop. Hasui's 1951 composition likely emphasizes the dramatic verticality of the white walls and keep against the sky.